Leon Trotsky is laid in a coffin after his murder by Ramon Mercader in Coyoacan, Mexico.

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Coyoacan Mexico Date:1940Duration:21 secSound:Yes

Bolshevik revolutionary Leon Trotsky's assassination in Coyoacan, Mexico. On August 20, 1940 Ramon Mercader, a Catalan Communist, during his trial in the case of murder of Leon Trotsky. Trotsky laid in a coffin.